• Assistant Professor (Organismal Biologist)

    University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)


    Employment Type: Permanent Faculty

     

    Vacancy ID: FAC0005686

     

    Salary Range: Dependent on Qualifications and/or Experience

    Position Summary/Description:

    The Department of Biology at UNC Chapel Hill will employ a tenure-track position in Organismal Biology at the Assistant Professor level.

     

    The Assistant Professor studies resilience using the organism as a focal unit of inquiry using an integrative approach. Possible research topics include (but are not limited to): how organisms resist or recover from stress or environmental perturbation; mechanisms of plasticity; the role of behavior in fostering resilience; the impacts of organismal resilience scale across levels of biological organization; the role species interactions play in resilience; how resilience mechanisms enable organisms, populations, and communities to respond adaptively to human-induced changes; and how resilience mechanisms evolve and how they impact evolution. Studies in organisms may include animals, plants, and microbes.

     

    The Assistant Professor will teach one course each semester. They are responsible for building and maintaining an active research portfolio and securing funding from various external sponsors. They will actively participate in the scientific community (internal and external) at UNC -CH and engage in service activities that advance the institution’s work and role in supporting North Carolina.